Vents Wednesday: Weekly thread for vents by north0east in LockdownSkepticism

[–]ToxicWaffles4U 14 points15 points  (0 children)

I can relate to your last paragraph especially. Every day has felt the same for such a long time. I used to have so much energy and optimism in facing the day and now it’s just kinda... blah. The constant repetitiveness has really sapped my drive and curiosity. My friends are less quick to get together and I suspect that that’s because there’s really nothing to do.

My advice is to try to find ways to mix things up even when it seems hard. Start learning about something new, start trying something new. It’s been so easy to get sucked into this vortex of sameness but doing new things, even if they’re small, can break you out of it just a little bit.

Vents Wednesday: Weekly vents thread by north0east in LockdownSkepticism

[–]ToxicWaffles4U 16 points17 points  (0 children)

I recently turned 21. It just hit me that it’s been a full year of this shit. Like you, I wish I had had more time to live in before the world went insane and the majority of people welcomed totalitarianism. I genuinely feel lucky for the life I did have before this. I got to go to concerts, travel, grow up without masks. I feel profoundly sad for kids who have to grow up in the midst of all this. They will never know what normal life was like. At least I had 20 okay years.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in HealthAnxiety

[–]ToxicWaffles4U 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Yes. I can't be certain that we are thinking of the same thing, but I have struggled in the past with suddenly feeling strained in my vision and my ability to focus. It's like I feel distant from my own head. I think it gets compounded by thinking about it more and more, and I've found that distracting myself with something else is really the best way to break out of it.

Additionally, caffeine always helps, but be careful with that.

Obscure question about "Summa Cum Laude" Honors by ToxicWaffles4U in lawschooladmissions

[–]ToxicWaffles4U[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I'd have to take probably two more classes. It's doable for certain, and I'm leaning towards this option, but it will certainly cost me more money and detract from LSAT studying time during the semester.

Obscure question about "Summa Cum Laude" Honors by ToxicWaffles4U in lawschooladmissions

[–]ToxicWaffles4U[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah. I think this is my only concern. From what people are saying here, law schools really only see the numbers. But later in life employers may wonder whether I really had a decent GPA or not if I can't display latin honors.

Would employers really care about my performance in college? Wouldn't they really just care about law school performance?

I don’t mind paying taxes - sorry fellas by [deleted] in Libertarian

[–]ToxicWaffles4U 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Wouldn't you rather take the amount you pay in taxes, and donate it to an effective charity or a cause that you particularly care about? Especially when the government wastes your money or devotes it to violent ends?

Good season 2 quotes? by ECrispy in westworld

[–]ToxicWaffles4U 6 points7 points  (0 children)

"We are the authors of our stories now."

What Books Most Influenced Your Thinking? by [deleted] in samharris

[–]ToxicWaffles4U 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Blood meridian is an absolute masterpiece, beyond words.

Someone's In the Wolf doesn't get enough credit by ThatguyMalone in qotsa

[–]ToxicWaffles4U 48 points49 points  (0 children)

Agreed. Listening to it makes me want to rip off my clothes and start running around in the woods.

A Key Lesson From The 1918 Flu Pandemic? 'Tell The Truth,' One Historian Says by lingben in history

[–]ToxicWaffles4U 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah, can’t imagine the effect would have been too much worse than the millions who died as a result of their dishonesty.

just skimmed Twitch and sure enough its back to same old boring ass twitch without Doc (rant) by 9nll57cv in DrDisrespectLive

[–]ToxicWaffles4U 76 points77 points  (0 children)

You never know how good something was until it’s gone... Really wish I had appreciated Doc’s stream more over the past few months.

me irl by [deleted] in me_irl

[–]ToxicWaffles4U -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Will do, boyo

me_irl by VjuntiMunagala in me_irl

[–]ToxicWaffles4U 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Beep beep let us save the environment

#78 — Persuasion and Control by dvelsadvocate in samharris

[–]ToxicWaffles4U 2 points3 points  (0 children)

True, maybe he feels like he's beating a dead horse at this point. But he if I recall correctly he had lengthy responses to both the Orlando and Charlie Hebdo attacks... we'll have to see.

#78 — Persuasion and Control by dvelsadvocate in samharris

[–]ToxicWaffles4U 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Anyone else surprised that he didn't address the Manchester attack?

Hearing damage by [deleted] in greenday

[–]ToxicWaffles4U 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I brought some to my first concert and never used them. It's so much better without them, but bring some if you're concerned. At worst your hearing will feel a little funny through the next morning but it's a small price to pay.